Catedral is a terminal station of the
Line D of the
Buenos Aires Underground
The Buenos Aires Underground ( es, Subterráneo de Buenos Aires, links=no), locally known as Subte (), is a rapid transit system that serves the area of the city of Buenos Aires, Argentina. The first section of this network (Plaza de Mayo–Pla ...
. From here, passengers may transfer to the
Perú station on
Line A and the
Bolívar station on
Line E.
Overview
It is located at the intersection of
Roque Sáenz Peña Avenue and
Florida Street
Florida Street ( es, Calle Florida) is a popular shopping street in Downtown Buenos Aires, Argentina. A pedestrian street since 1971, some stretches have been pedestrianized since 1913.
The pedestrian section as such starts at the intersection ...
, which gave the original name of the station. Its current name comes from the
Buenos Aires Metropolitan Cathedral, located in the vicinity of the station. This station had the name ''Florida'', as recorded on maps of the network of 1955.
The station was inaugurated on 3 June 1937 as part of the inaugural section of Line D, between Catedral and
Tribunales.
In 1997 it was declared a national historic monument.
Decreto 437/97
(Spanish) Retrieved 8 November 2010
The station was used as a set in the 1996 Argentine science fiction film Moebius.
Gallery
File:Buenos Aires-Florida y Diagonal Norte-Subte Catedral.jpg, Station entrance
File:Buenos Aires - Subte - Catedral.jpg, Detail of the majolica
Nearby
* Plaza de Mayo
The Plaza de Mayo (; en, May Square) is a city square and main foundational site of Buenos Aires, Argentina. It was formed in 1884 after the demolition of the Recova building, unifying the city's Plaza Mayor and Plaza de Armas, by that time kn ...
* Florida Street
Florida Street ( es, Calle Florida) is a popular shopping street in Downtown Buenos Aires, Argentina. A pedestrian street since 1971, some stretches have been pedestrianized since 1913.
The pedestrian section as such starts at the intersection ...
* Buenos Aires Cabildo
The Cabildo of Buenos Aires ( es, Cabildo de Buenos Aires) is the public building in Buenos Aires that was used as seat of the town council during the colonial era and the government house of the Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata. Today the bu ...
* Avenida de Mayo
References
External links
{{Buenos Aires Transit
Buenos Aires Underground stations
Railway stations opened in 1937
1937 establishments in Argentina
National Historic Monuments of Argentina